All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we seeourselves; one admits to a fault when one is scandalized by its censure.

You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.

According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

The proof of true love is to be unsparing in criticism.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

My fair one, let us swear an eternal friendship.